Nephi Johnson

Brief Life History of Nephi

When Nephi Johnson was born on 12 December 1833, in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States, his father, Joel Hills Johnson, was 31 and his mother, Anna Pixley Johnson, was 33. He married Mandana Rebecca Merrill on 4 January 1856, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He registered for military service in 1851. He died on 21 June 1919, in Mesquite, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Mesquite City Cemetery, Mesquite, Clark, Nevada, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nephi Johnson
1833–1919
Conradine Albertine Sorensen Mariager
1838–1908
Marriage: 11 October 1860
Elsie Albertine Johnson
1861–1882
Anna Pixley Johnson
1862–1921
Sixtus Ellis Johnson
1864–1864
Seth Alfred Johnson
1865–1878
John Edgar Johnson
1866–1867
Jesse Nathaniel Johnson
1867–1937
Helena Eliza Johnson
1869–1907
Lawrence Nephi Johnson
1870–1907
George Albert Johnson
1872–1879
David William Johnson
1873–1888
Minnie Mandana Johnson
1874–1928
Alice Sariah Johnson
1876–1876
Sarah Sophia Johnson
1877–1932
Sethia Alfredina Johnson
1878–1938
Nephi Mariager Johnson
1880–1906
Orson Pratt Johnson
1881–1886

Sources (97)

  • Unknown, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Nephi Johnson, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Nephi Johnson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah, United States

1857

Historical Boundaries: 1857: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1864: Kane, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Kane, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Johan, Jo(h)n (see John ) + -son. It was often interchanged with Jenson and Janson . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Norwegian, Danish, or North German Johnsen , Johannesen , Johannsen , Johansen , Jansen , Jantzen , and Jensen , Swedish Johnsson (see below), Johansson , Jonsson , and Jansson , Dutch Janssen , German Janz , Czech Jansa 1, and Slovenian Janša (see Jansa 2) and Janežič (see Janezic ). Johnson (including in the sense 2 below) is the second most frequent surname in the US. It is also the second most common surname among Native Americans and a very common surname among African Americans.

Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Johnsson: patronymic from the personal name John, a variant of Jon (see John ). Compare 1 above.

History: Surname Johnson was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward. Andrew Johnson (1808–75), 17th president of the US, was born in Raleigh, NC, the younger son of Jacob Johnson and Mary (or Polly) McDonough. Little is known of his ancestors. The 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson, dates his American forebears back seven generations to James Johnston (sic) (born c. 1662) who lived at Currowaugh, Nansemond, and Isle of Wight counties, VA. — Noted early bearers also include Marmaduke Johnson (died 1674), a printer who came from England to MA in 1660; Edward Johnson (1598–1672), a colonial chronicler who was baptized at St. George's parish, Canterbury, England, and emigrated to Boston in 1630; and Sir Nathaniel Johnson (c. 1645–1713), a colonial governor of Carolina, who came from County Durham, England.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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